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by cmma01 »
Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:51 am
I have spoken with the UK distributors of the booth and sent photos. They think it's one of their American booths but were confused by the American wiring of the flex and UK wiring in the internal light fitting, so said they were not sure if it would be a 110v or 240v set up.
The bulb in the strip light is stamped 'made in England' 30 watt and the wiring is brown, blue, green/yellow - so a thoroughly British unit there.
The fan was supplied by Pamotor in California, [u]but[/u] made in [b]WEST[/b] Germany, so clearly a pre-1990 model. It is a 20w fan, 50/60Hz, 220/230v with just 2 wires - black and yellow (what country is that from!)
My guess now is that this was a US model specifically imported and wired for the UK/European market except for not having a UK/European style external flex. As the fittings are all suited to UK voltage, I suspect that the American flex is a red herring and I should connect black to the live, the beige to the neutral and the green to the earth.
What do you think?
Didn't understand your earth test suggestion incidentally - wouldn't that require the cable to be connected to the power - not quite ready to do that yet.